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Zone Alarm Conflict With FireFox

Seems that a FireFox upgrade loaded today, March 23, 2009 and now my Zone Alarm seems to be stuck. I can't open any menu or control panel. When I try to click on the icon in the system tray, nothing happens. If I place the cursor over the icon, I get a message that &quot;Protection Is Up, UI is initializing&quot;. My hard drive is running and lights are flashing but nothing is happening.

The FireFox version is 3.0.7.

I'm running Windows XP, service pack 3

I have tried reloading and downloading a new version of Zone Alarm, but nothing seems to work after I download and reboot the computer.

Re: Zone Alarm Conflict With FireFox

Hi!try a manual removal and a deep cleaning of the system as suggested below.Follow all the steps. This should take of your problem.First Remove ZA from add/remove programs, if you can, then:01.) Restart your computer
02.) When you see the screen go black and it starts booting back up keep
tapping the "F8" key (at the top of your keyboard)
03.) This should bring up a menu. Choose Safe Mode off the menu by
using the arrow keys on the keyboard to highlight Safe Mode and press
Enter
04.) If you get a message asking to go to Safe Mode, choose Yes. If you
get a help and support window, close this.
05.) Once you are at the desktop, Click Start, My Computer
06.) Click Tools, Folder Options, View Tab
07.) Place a dot next to "Show Hidden Files and Folders"
08.) Remove the check from "Hide Protected Operating System Files
(Recommended)"
09.) Choose Yes to the warning
10.) Click OK
11.) Double click C:

Note: In the future steps if you do not see any files or folders, please click
the "Show Files" link to view them.

*Important Advisory: Deleting registry entries incorrectly may cause
serious problems to your operating system, which may necessitate the
need to reinstall it. Please make sure you are able to perform these
deletions correctly before you decide to edit the entries. If you are not
sure, you should seek help from someone who is familiar with editing the
registry.

For information about how to edit the registry in Windows, from your
desktop, click Start &gt;&gt; Run &gt;&gt; and type regedit. Click on Help &gt;&gt; Help
Topics. Under the Contents tab, click Change Keys and Values (this may
be found under the How to... section).

Also, you should always make a backup of the registry before editing it.
You can find this in the same section of the Help files.

25.) Close this window, then empty your recycle bin.
26.) Restart the computer.
27.) Check the system for malware. Check with MBAM and SuperAntispyware. See links here:http://forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs/b...essage.id=378728.) ZA does not play nice with many other security tools. They may block its correct functioning including updates. For example, spyware doctor, spysweeper, trojan hunter, win patrol, PCtools Threat Fire, Mcafee, Norton, Symantec, Adaware, SpybotS&amp;D, WinPatrol, AVG, NOD, Kaspersky and manyothers. If you want to troubleshoot issues with ZA please remove these tools (not enough to disable) and install back (if you really need) only after you see your ZASS is working as it should.29. Clean your system and registry with ccleaner.comhttp://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds/downloadbinslim30. Re-download the ZA installerwww.zonealarm.com/zasuitedownload/ 31. Install with default settings do NOT alter them. After re-boot go to ZA antivirus/antispyware and 'Update Now' and do not restore any previous ZA settings.Cheers,Fax